The Audain Foundation Gifts $5M to Emily Carr

Submitted by Dina Verchomin on Fri, 2013-03-22 17:26
Posted: Fri, 2013-03-22 17:26

It is with great pleasure that we announce a transformational gift of $5-million from BC arts philanthropist Michael Audain and his family foundation, the Audain Foundation for Visual Arts. This is the single largest individual donation the University has received and will be a cornerstone for the new Emily Carr Great Northern Way Campus.

The donation will create the Audain School of Visual Arts - an enhanced visual arts learning environment offering a studio-based education reflective of the diversity and complexity of contemporary art. The School will encompass the existing Faculty of Visual Art + Material Practice which houses Painting, Ceramics, Print Media, Illustration, Photography, Sculpture and Drawing.

This gift is in addition to the Audain Distinguished Artist in Residence Program that was established by Mr. Audain last year and will launch in Fall 2013.

For more information, view the Media Release.